Senior German commanders held sharply divided views of the Waffen‑SS, weighing battlefield performance against ideology and ...
Key Point: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was possibly the greatest strategist and field commander in the German Wehrmacht. In January 1943, the once-invincible German Wehrmacht was reeling, being ...
After the crushing German defeat at Stalingrad, the Red Army appeared unstoppable. But Field Marshal Erich von Manstein led a bold counteroffensive that reversed German fortunes. In the snow-covered ...
“The Italians,” says Field Marshal Erich von Manstein in his memoirs of Stalingrad, simply “disappeared from the battlefield.” In the most decisive battle of World War II, the Russians, breaking ...